A recent CMS change makes direct SEP enrollment by agents and brokers an option again. The deadline for using these SEPs is also later, as shown below.
The SEPs are limited to Texas and affect only Medicare beneficiaries. Make sure your clients take advantage of these opportunities soon.
Texas Border Security Disaster – Ending June 30, 2025
Eligible Counties: Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brewster, Brooks, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Coleman, Colorado, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Jackson, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Lavaca, Live Oak, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Midland, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Refugio, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Schleicher, Shackelford, Sutton, Terrell, Throckmorton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Webb, Wharton, Wilbarger, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala.
Texas Drought Disaster – Ending June 30, 2025
Eligible Counties: Aransas, Archer, Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Brewster, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Colorado, Cottle, Culberson, Delta, Donley, El Paso, Fannin, Foard, Grayson, Guadalupe, Hall, Hardeman, Hays, Hidalgo, Hopkins, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, King, Kleberg, Lampasas, Lamar, Lavaca, Live Oak, Llano, Loving, Lubbock, Matagorda, Maverick, Medina, Midland, Mitchell, Montague, Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Smith, Terrell, Tom Green, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Ward, Washington, Wharton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wood, and Zapata.
Texas Wildfire Disaster – Ending July 24, 2025
Eligible Counties: Anderson, Andrews, Angelina, Aransas, Archer, Armstrong, Atascosa, Austin, Bailey, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Brazos, Brewster, Briscoe, Brooks, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Cameron, Camp, Carson, Castro, Cherokee, Childress, Clay, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Collingsworth, Colorado, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dallam, Dallas, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Delta, Denton, DeWitt, Dickens, Dimmit, Donley, Duval, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Fort Bend, Franklin, Freestone, Frio, Gaines, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Goliad, Gonzales, Gray, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hale, Hall, Hamilton, Hansford, Hardeman, Harris, Hartley, Haskell, Hays, Hemphill, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hockley, Hood, Hopkins, Houston, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt, Hutchinson, Irion, Jack, Jackson, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Karnes, Kaufman, Kendall, Kenedy, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney, Kleberg, Knox, Lamar, Lamb, Lampasas, La Salle, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Lipscomb, Live Oak, Llano, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Madison, Martin, Mason, Matagorda, Maverick, McCulloch, McLennan, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Midland, Milam, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Montgomery, Moore, Morris, Motley, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Nolan, Nueces, Ochiltree, Oldham, Palo Pinto, Parker, Parmer, Pecos, Polk, Potter, Presidio, Rains, Randall, Reagan, Real, Red River, Reeves, Refugio, Roberts, Robertson, Rockwall, Runnels, Rusk, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Smith, Somervell, Starr, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Titus, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Upshur, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Ward, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Willacy, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler, Wise, Wood, Yoakum, Young, Zapata, and Zavala.
Medicare agents outside Texas should stay in contact with CMS to determine whether other states with FEMA disaster declarations will experience similar changes. Agility will inform Medicare agents on these pages of any updates we receive as soon as we learn of them.
Scott Meeks, our Medicare product specialist, is here to answer any questions about these SEP changes in Texas and the opportunities they present to Medicare agents.
Medicare agents can contact Agility Producer Support at (866) 590-9771 or email support@enrollinsurance.com to schedule a meeting or call with Scott or to answer other insurance questions. Agility can also add you to our free weekly email list for tips and vital information!
